Fullstack Job: Senior Frontend Engineer

Our mission

Definitely not a sweet shop.

We're the tech company making insurance more accessible and more affordable for as many people as possible.

We’re proud of our journey so far. We’ve helped hundreds of thousands of customers get fairer cover, all while polishing a 4.6 star Trustpilot score. But we’re just getting started.

Over the next 2 years, we’re planning to help even more people by launching products and services across different sectors and countries

If you're looking for a challenge, our next chapter is set to be an exciting one

How we work

We've created a culture of trust which allows us to work autonomously without fear of failure, to challenge decisions, and be heard. It empowers us to drive our own careers and to move at unparalleled speed. And because we're treading new ground, we're all mastering new skills along the way.

Explore our Culture Handbook to find out more about life at Marshmallow, or read our blog!

Engineering at Marshmallow

Our engineers are at the heart of the solutions. They work on product builds from start to finish, solving lots of challenges to help us build fast and scale up! Our engineers cover a range of skills across frontend, backend, fullstack, iOS and android, and work alongside designers, data scientists, researchers and product managers within our product teams.

Our product teams include: the Home team, the Growth team, the LTV team, and the Claims team (to name a few!) Each team sets its own roadmap, and actively pushes our codebase forward.

Learn more about our teams and how our engineers work here!

What you'll be doing

• You’ll be helping us grow our fledgling component library, S’mores, and ensure consistency and reusability across our website.

• You’ll build upon our current suite of unit tests and end-to-end tests to improve the reliability of our frontend.

• You will mentor our Frontend Engineers and Full-Stack (Backend-focused) Engineers who want to dive deeper into React, Redux and TypeScript.

• You will be tracking bugs in Datadog and Sentry and triaging which need fixing right away.

• You’ll be diving deep into setting up funnel analytics with Segment, GTM and working with Product Managers to learn more about our customers.

• You’ll be joining a Frontend Guild filled with our fantastic engineers, helping shape the frontend at Marshmallow.

Requirements

Who you are

• You are a self-starter who likes to take ownership

• You understand and champion for clear communication channels

• You have a can do attitude and take initiative

• You enjoy simplifying complex problems and solutions

• You enjoy working as part of a team and owning the work you do

• You are able to prioritise key tasks for speed and successful delivery

• You understand and are an advocate the business impact of your work whether that is directly or indirectly

• You have an eye for detail but also are a generalist who loves creating strategies

• You enjoy working in a high growth/ scaling environment

• You enjoy mentoring and supporting more junior members of the team

• You’ve got an eye for design and strong attention to detail. You can spot UX issues that would trip up a customer a mile away

What we're looking for from you

• 5+ years of experience working as a Frontend Developer

• A solid understanding of Javascript, core web and browser concepts

• Commercial experience with React and Typescript

• Experience working with Redux or RTK, Redux Hooks, or any modern state management library.

• Experience testing front-end code (we use Jest and React Testing Library)

• Experience of using CSS-in-JS (we use Styled Components) and implementing responsive design

• Experience creating or working with design systems (we use Storybook to build our components)

• Experience with complex forms and form libraries (we use React Hook Form)

• Exposure to: NPM, CRA, Webpack, Vite and ESLint

• An understanding of Datadog, Sentry or any other monitoring tool to track bugs

• A bonus if you have worked in a start-up and understand the need to move fast and understand your customers needs

Benefits

Perks of the job

• Flexi-office working – Spend at least 2 days a week with your team in our new collaborative London office. The rest is up to you!

• Flexi-office Choose to come into the office 2 days a week, or work from home full-time. It's up to you!

• 12 weeks worldwide remote – Work from anywhere in the world for up to 12 weeks a year

• Flexible benefits budget - £50 per month to spend wherever you like on a Ben Mastercard

• Learning and training – Personal budgets for books and training courses to help you grow in your role. Plus 2 days a year - on us! - to further your skillset

• Mental wellbeing support – Access therapy and mental health sessions through Oliva

• Equity – Get options in Marshmallow as part of your offer, and have a real stake in the company’s success

• Private health care - Enjoy all the benefits Vitality has to offer, including reduced gym memberships and discounts on smartwatches

Plus all the rest; 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), pension, cycle to work scheme, monthly team socials and company-wide socials every month!

Our process

We break it up into 4 stages:

• Initial call with Tech Talent Acquisition team (45 mins)

• A skill-based interview where you will discuss your previous experience with one of our Engineering Managers (1 hour)

• A take-home assessment (several days at your discretion) and follow up technical interview with one of our Tech Leads + one other Engineer (1 hour)

• A culture interview with one of our Engineering managers to check that your work style fits our processes and values (1 hour)

• We’ll let you know if you’re invited to an interview or not. But, as a small team with a lot of applications to consider, we can’t give individual feedback on each application

Everyone belongs at Marshmallow

At Marshmallow, we want to hire people from all walks of life with the passion and skills needed to help us achieve our company mission. To do that, we're committed to hiring without judgement, prejudice or bias.

We encourage everyone to apply for our open roles. Gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or background does not affect how we process job applications.

We're working hard to build an inclusive culture that empowers our people to do their best work, have fun and feel that they belong.